Meditation can exert a profound impact on our mental life, with proficient practitioners often
reporting an experience free of boundaries between a separate self and the environment …

The default mode network (DMN) is intricately linked with processes such as self-referential
thinking, episodic memory recall, goal-directed cognition, self-projection, and theory of mind …

Objectives The practice of silence is integral to some meditation traditions. Research is
lacking on how silence practice affects brain connectivity. We hypothesized that silent …

The current study examined whether meditation experience is associated with changes in
endurance performance and inhibitory control-relevant neurocognitive functions caused by …

Alpha-and Beta-frequency oscillatory waves are evident in resting-state electro-and
magneto-encephalography (EEG, MEG). Higher peak frequencies for Alpha and Beta are …

Yoga nidra (YN) practice aims to induce a deeply relaxed state akin to sleep while
maintaining heightened awareness. Despite the growing interest in its clinical applications …

With mounting evidence for the benefits of meditation, there has been a growing interest in
measuring and quantifying meditative states. This study introduces the Inner Dereification …

Background The World Health Organization has reported that approximately 300 million
individuals suffer from the mood disorder known as MDD. Non-invasive measurement …

Contemplative neuroscience has increasingly explored meditation using neuroimaging.
However, the brain mechanisms underlying meditation remain elusive. Here, we …

Meditation has been practised for millennia but the neuroscientific understanding of the
dynamics is still lacking. Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) is an evidence based breathing …